Advanced Nursing Skills - Group Process and Therapy

Group therapy and group dynamics have been employed in many fields such as education,healthcare,counseling and rehabilitation centers,addiction treatment centers,child abuse centers,and juvenile training schools…

Introduction

Patients in the mental healthcare are greatly in need of counseling, guidance and therapies. However, it may not be possible for the mental healthcare professionals to offer a one to one counseling to all the needy clients. Therefore, it is imperative that nurses assume the role of nurse therapists and offer group therapies to the needy patients making use of their theoretical insights in group process and group dynamics. However, it is important that the group members are selected after careful screening so that the group leader (therapist or counselor) can address the psychiatric problems of group members who share certain common problems. Group therapy is aimed at offering empathy and support to all the group members by creating an atmosphere of trust that leads to sharing and exploring of each one’s concerns (Corey, 2008, p. 4). The skills of the group members are strengthened in group therapy with a view to enabling them to face future problems of similar nature. The scope of group therapy in mental healthcare setting is greater as this would enable a psychiatric patient to correct emotional and behavioral disorders that impede one’s functioning or to remediate in-depth psychological problems” (Corey, 2008, p. 7). However, it is essential that the group therapists guard themselves against any sorts of cultural or racial stereotyping and cultural encapsulation within a multicultural group setting. ...

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